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Health
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Should An Anthrax Vaccine Be Tested On Children?
26 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Terrorist attacks don’t discriminate. Whether you’re pushing 99 or just taking your first steps, if you’re in the affected area, you’re in trouble. In light of this, and the real risk of a biological attack on the US, American scientists and officials are advocating the testing of an Anthrax vaccine on children.
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Socially Awkward? Rejected? There’s A Pill For That Now
24 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Unlike the plethora of social networks out there where you can simply click an ‘x’ and all those nasty, unwanted comments drift off into cyberspace, in real life there’s no quick solution for rejection or other social setbacks. But, what if you could just pop a pill, the legal, over-the-counter type, and make it all go away?
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Must-See Breast Cancer Awareness iPhone App Advert [VIDEO]
21 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Breast cancer is a big deal. But recent studies show that many young women aren’t checking their breasts regularly. That is why the people behind the Rethink Breast Cancer campaign have launched a new iPhone App called “Your Man Reminder”. It gives woman regular reminders by a hot guy to check their breasts. And this advert they’ve made to promote it is an absolute must-see.
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Revived Pagad Will Have Branches Nationwide
21 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Abdus-Salaam Ebrahim, the national coordinator of People Against Gangsterism And Drugs, is busy resurrecting Pagad following his release from prison. The 61-year-old spent nine years in jail and two on parole, but now that he’s a free man, he is driving the resurgence of his movement, with plans to open branches around the country.
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They May Be Drug Smugglers, But At Least They Pay For Parking
13 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The latest in a series of phenomenally creative, Hollywood movie style smuggling stories involves false-bottomed cars, parking meters and a total of 16 tunnels. Of course no one was caught in the act, but if you guessed that the tunnels were supposed to be filled with drugs and some very naughty Mexicans, you’d be correct.
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A Pill That Makes You Sober – R.I.P Beer Goggles
29 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
For all those shallow Hal’s, cheap dates and general sloppy drunks (we all know at least one), this little guy’s for you. The “stay-sober pill”, is still in development stages, but is said to allow you to drink as much as you want and still stay sober as a judge. Or prevent you from getting laid.
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Vietnam And South Africa Sign Rhino Horn Memorandum
28 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The South African and Vietnamese governments have come together and agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding that will seek ways to stop rhino poaching. Ironically, the Vietnamese officials asked that a domestic medical research institute verify that rhino horn had no medicinal properties, and to make this information public.
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Baobab Fruit Is So Hot Right Now
27 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
From the Brazilian super model to Crocs, everything eventually has its time in the sun. That rule also applies fully to health food. The “newest” African superfood has been growing on some really old trees for a really long time – it’s Baobab fruit.
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What Not To Send Your Child To School With For Show And Tell
22 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The mother of a young school child in Missouri has been arrested, following her son’s show and tell day with his kindergarten class. Because, unfortunately, the subject of the little boy’s S&T presentation this month was his mom’s crack pipe.
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Online Gamers Solve Retroviral Enzyme Code In Three Weeks
20 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The University of Washington has finally found a way to make us of the mental energy expended by online gamers – recruiting them to decipher the structure of monomeric enzymes, found in retroviruses like HIV, by playing an online game called Foldit. Researchers had been working on it for the past decade; the collective gamers did it in three weeks.
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Gingers Turned Away From Sperm Banks
19 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Would-be ginger sperm donators are being turned away from genetically-picky sperm banks in droves. It’s practically an orange tide of rejection. Citing “minimal” demand for the love seed of ginger-crowned males, the world’s largest sperm bank, Cryos, has been turning fanta-pantsed donor applicants away at the front door.
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Chinese-Made Condoms Tender Set Aside Because They Are Too Small
16 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A tender awarded by the finance minister for a fresh supply of government condoms had to be set aside. The tender then went to the second-lowest bidder. The reason? They originals were made in China and were found to be too small for the African market. Awkward.
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Sarah Palin Snorted Coke And Smoked Weed
15 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The former Republican vice-presidential contender, Sarah Palin, is alleged to have taken cocaine and smoked weed in a new controversial and highly anticipated biography written by Joe McGinniss. Oh, it’s also alleged that she cheated on her husband (though she’s vehemently denied this before) and let the kids fend for themselves quite a bit.
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130Kg Man Sues Restaurant Because He Can’t Fit Into Their Seating
13 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A 130kg man has sued a popular American fast-food giant, because the sitting booths in their restaurants are apparently “too small”. He is claiming that the uncomfortable booths violate the civil rights of fat people. In all fairness, this guy probably has a point. It is, after all, guys like him that spend the most money there.
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Scientists Produce Glow-In-The-Dark Kittens For AIDS Research
12 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This really has nothing to do with making your pet cat fluorescent so that you can see it in the dark and not stand on it when you get up to go the toilet at night. It has, however, everything to do with the similarities between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV).
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Hundreds Of Greek Orthodox Mourners Served Biscuits Sprinkled With Cocaine
31 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 15 Comments
In what must have seemed like a scene straight from a movie, hundreds of Orthodox Greek mourners were mistakenly served kourabiedes, a traditional Greek biscuit, at a funeral reception. Shortly after tasting the biscuits, the guests started acting incredibly strangely and the funeral bureau officers called the police.
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High Levels Of Chocolate Consumption May Reduce Risk Of Developing Heart Disease
30 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
And in good news: researchers at the University of Cambridge re-examined the results of seven existing studies and concluded that high levels of chocolate consumption might be associated with a reduction in the risk of developing heart disease. The research was presented at Europe’s biggest medical meeting in Paris yesterday.
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At Least Two Wine Farms Still Use The Illegal Dop Payment System
23 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A Human Rights Watch report has discovered that at least two wine farms in South Africa are still using the illegal ‘dop system’ as part-payment for farm workers. The practice was prohibited in 1928, and its poisonous legacy is rooted deep in the social fabric of farm-worker communities in the Cape.
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New Film Starring Meryl Streep Portrays Lady Margaret Thatcher As “Granny Going Mad”
22 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A new film that seeks to portray the life of Lady Margaret Thatcher has a fair amount of people hot under the collar. Directed by Mamma Mia! director, Phyllida Lloyd, the film shows Lady Thatcher constantly hallucinating, under the impression that her husband, who died in 2003, is still alive, while she herself appears to be going senile.
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Get Ready: National Health Insurance Payments Will Be Compulsory
12 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
A new National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme is currently underway. If you think this does not affect you because you already have medical aid, think again. The Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, said yesterday that the law, with no exceptions, would soon require us to contribute towards this scheme once it starts up. This is above and beyond the tax that everybody already contributes.
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‘Amy House’ – Brazil’s Drug Ambassador
10 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So it looks like Brazil is at the forefront of drugvertising, and Amy is there number one brand ambassador. Apparently a gang has been using her likeness to market baggies of coke, inserting her picture inside and dubbing her as ‘Amy House’. Guess who they were putting in their bags of crack? Osama Bin-Laden.
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Amy’s Final Duet With Legend Tony Bennett
04 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Her untimely death shocked millions of people, but as proof that every cloud has a silver lining, a duet between Amy Whinehouse and Jazz Legend Tony Bennett is to be released as a charity single. All royalties from the pop classic Body and Soul, are to go to an organisation set up by Amy’s father, curbing youth drug use.
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Jozi To Get Recycling Laws
01 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
If all goes according to plan, it won’t be long before residents in Jozi face fines for improperly managing their waste. While the move will definitely result in a fair amount of complaining, it’s arguable that recycling has been happening around the world for ages. In fact, it should be a habit and duty for all of us.
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Kids Can Be Born Addicted To Prescription Drugs
28 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There’s a growing body of evidence supporting the idea that alcoholism can be passed to one’s children genetically. So too, an addiction to drugs like crack cocaine. But recently, medical facilities in the US have reported an overwhelming number of cases of babies hooked on the same prescription drugs that were abused by their mothers during pregnancy.
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Cocaine Found Under Wig At O.R. Tambo
21 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Just last week, an interesting fellow was busted trying to smuggle marching powder in his bra and panties, and now this. Are drug smugglers getting more creative, or just higher on their own stash? Seriously. This next lady actually tried to smuggle three kilo’s of coke, under her fake hair. Poor custom’s agents. I guess from now on, everyone’s a suspect.
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Woman Forced To Deliver Her Own Baby In Local Hospital
20 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Bridget Moleboheng was due to give birth over December and was taken to the Sebokeng Hospital in the Vaal Triangle. But when the time came she was forced to deliver her own baby. The only “help” she received from the nurses on duty was when they took time out of laughing and chatting in the corridor outside her room to tell her to keep quiet.
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Shrien Dewani Too Ill For Court, But ‘Exercises For Hours’
19 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Earlier today, in the morning spice headlines, 2oceansvibe reported that Shrien Dewani was excused from his extradition hearing, that resumed yesterday, because he was “too ill” to attend court proceedings. It’s since emerged that Shrien “exercises for hours” despite being diagnosed with a condition which leaves sufferers struggling physically and mentally.
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Brooke Mueller Goes To ‘Extreme’ Rehab in Mexico, Will Take Hallucinogenic Drug As Treatment
19 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Normally, when one goes to rehab, it’s to break the cycle of abuse and addiction, not to test out some hallucinogenic drug for a week to see if it distracts you from your other addictions. But, if you’re Charlie Sheen’s ex-wife, you probably still have that mindset that you only have one gear: go.
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Mexican Army Finds Biggest Weed Plantation Ever
15 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On Thursday, the Mexican Defense Department reported that soldiers have found the largest weed plantation ever detected in Mexico. The huge field covers an astonishing 300 odd acres (120 hectares), and would have been worth about $160 million if it had been harvested and brought to market.
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New Strain Of Gonorrhea Could Be Incurable
13 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Gonorrhea, one of the most commonly treated STDs, is becoming more and more resistant to the only drug left to treat it. US scientists are warning that it could be the next super-bug.
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